ArmInfo. The Armenian pharmaceutical market often falsifies expensive medications. This was stated at the press conference by the head of the Center for
Expertise of Medicines and Medical Equipment of the Ministry of
Health of Armenia Hakob Topchyan.

He also noted that medicines have been often forged in recent times
to reduce pressure. According to Topchyan, there is also a problem in
the technology of drug transportation. "Very often standards are not
observed, and drugs are spoiled," he said. The expert also advised to
look at the marking when buying medicines. "In Armenia, only those
drugs that have undergone preliminary examination to establish
compliance with necessary characteristics are labeled," Topchyan
noted.

In turn, Sanofi's security director in the Eurasia region, Yuri
Orlov, said that recently the company has a rich experience in
cooperation with Armenia. "The problem with counterfeit medicines is
quite common, and no country can firmly state that it has fully
insured itself from getting such drugs on the market," Orlov said.

According to Orlov, Russia and Ukraine are the main producers of
counterfeit medicines penetrating the Armenian market. Less often,
however, there are counterfeit medicines from India, China and
Pakistan. Sanofi's director of security in the Eurasia region also
noted that sometimes some drugs that are sold in pharmacies are not
designed for the region, so when buying drugs, you need to be
especially careful.

Orlov also said that over the past 10 years, in Armenia, there was no
evidence of falsification of medicines by Sanofi.